Won by the Sword; A tale of the Thirty Years' War
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    Won by the Sword; A tale of the Thirty Years' War
                                            
                            By G. A. Henty
                            
                                12 Nov, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        The scene of this story is laid in France, during the time of Richelieu, of Mazarin and Anne of Austria. The hero, Hector Campbell, is the orphaned son of a Scotch officer in the French Army. How he attracted the notice of Marshal Turenne and of the 
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                                                The scene of this story is laid in France, during the time of Richelieu, of Mazarin and Anne of Austria. The hero, Hector Campbell, is the orphaned son of a Scotch officer in the French Army. How he attracted the notice of Marshal Turenne and of the Prince of Conde; how he rose to the rank of Colonel; how he finally had to leave France, pursued by the deadly hatred of the Due de Beaufort - all these and much more the story tells with the most absorbing interest. Less